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Markus Frohnmaier (l) and Emil Sähne, state chairwoman of the AfD Baden-Württemberg, stand together on the podium at the AfD state party conference.
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The AfD leadership had the Rottweil town hall cleared before the party conference began.
Members and guests had to leave the hall; later only members with voting rights were to be allowed back in.
The hall has around 1,000 seats, and significantly more members and guests arrived on Saturday.
The mood in the hall was very heated.
Rottweil - Board members argued openly about how to proceed, and the various camps booed each other.
The board was to be re-elected on Saturday.
He is considered deeply divided.
The two-day special party conference at the weekend is based on a letter of protest from 22 of the 37 district associations, which accuse seven board members of blocking the two state chairmen Markus Frohnmaier and Emil Sanzen.
dpa